. >> well, we're not sure if president obama saw the press conference, but he sure did destroy romney in the next final two debates. >>> coming up, long lines couldn't keep voters from casting their ballots, despite attempts to keep them from the polls. next, nina turner, on the fight against voter suppression. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." leading up to the 2012 election, we saw efforts by the republicans to suppress the democratic vote. 18 states have passed some type of voter suppression law. some of the toughest laws came out of the swing states, like ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin and florida. in ohio, early voting hours were cut and new restrictions were put on absentee ballots. down in florida, republicans put restrictions on voter registration, cut early voting hours, banned felons from voting for five years. and attempted to purge 180,000 voters from the state's voting rolls. luckily after public outrage, the voter purge failed. meanwhile, states like wisconsin put in strict photo id laws. pennsylvania's law was later struck down, but misleading signs and billboards like